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Monday, March 19, 2018

Book Title: Gallipoli

Author: Robert Rhodes James

ISBN: MW99320121

Publisher: Batsford

Year Published: 1965

Our Normal Price: £33.00 GBP ($45.87 USD)

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Description: Batsford 1965, first edition: blue cloth hardcover with gilt lettering to spine : dust jacket: approximately 6.5 by 9.5 inches tall: maps to endpapers: 384 pages including index: comprehensive black and white photographic illustration. Synopsis: A detailed account of the eight month long Gallipoli Campaign which began on April 25, 1915, and resulted in half a million Allied and Turkish casualties. Working from official archives previously available only to official historians, private collections of unpublished letters, journals and documents, interviews from survivors , and critical examination of legends and judgements surrounding the subject, the author describes and analyses conditions, circumstances, progression and conclusion of a disastrous Allied campaign. Contents: -- Preface. Acknowledgements. List of illustrations. List of maps. Part One: Initiation. (Prologue. The Drift to the Dardanelles. Naval Prelude. Preparation for Battle.) Part Two: Execution. ( April the 25th, 1915. The Battle for Achi Baba. The Holding of the Anzac. Deadlock). Part Three: Attrition. (Towards a New Offensive. The August Plan.) Part Four: Culmination. ( The fight for Sari Bair . The Darkening Scene. The End of the Adventure.) Epilogue. Notes on Sources. Index. Condition: Edges of dustjacket stressed: overall clean, firm and good.

Condition: Collectable- Good

Dustcover: Yes

Binding: Hardback

Type: Used Books

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